Nancy Collins needed help finding a recipe, but by the time we'd found it, she'd unearthed it herself.

Since she says the recipe is so good, we're sharing it today.

Collins had written, “Several years ago, I clipped a recipe from the food section (probably before it was named ‘Taste'!) for Rack of Lamb with Rustic Pan Sauce (served with grits). The sauce is over the top.

“I have lost the recipe and am beside myself. The sauce is so time-consuming that I haven't shared the recipe with friends. I am hoping that you might have this recipe in your files.”

I searched our files for the recipe and came up empty-handed. I then searched through all our rack of lamb recipes and still couldn't find the version Collins wanted. So I emailed her back, asking for some of the ingredients in the sauce so I could search a different way.

When I heard back from Collins, she told me that “I have turned our kitchen upside down searching. After I got your email, I had the idea of looking through all of our favorites to see if the recipe had been misfiled. Sure enough, it had been. Should have thought of that sooner.

“It's called Lamb Rib Chops with Rustic Pan Sauce. We don't make it often, but think it is so good that we served it when we had the Central Market cooking school staff over for dinner. ...”

In the meantime, I'd gotten the idea to search for the recipe using the words “lamb” and “Rustic Pan Sauce.” By the time I heard back from Collins, I'd found the recipe as well. I told her we'd share it with other readers even though she no longer needed the recipe.

She told me when she prepares the recipe, “We actually prefer grilled or pan-seared lamb to the pan seared-braised version in the recipe. Also, adding some Cotija cheese to the grits is wonderful.”

Recipe Find appears Sundays in Taste. If you are looking for a lost recipe or have a favorite recipe to share, let us hear from you. Email kharam@express-news.net or write Recipe Find, San Antonio Express-News, P.O. Box 2171, San Antonio, TX 78297-2171. Recipe requests will be answered in this column only; due to time limitations, no personal replies can be given.